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Preaching and politics have stirred significant media interest this year. First was the controversy over incendiary comments by Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama’s long-time pastor, then the more recent campaign by a group of pastors to defy the IRS ban on endorsing a candidate from the pulpit. These and other events have moved the discussion of … Continue reading “Preaching and Politics Brew a Dangerous Mix”

I bumped into Greg, one of my pastor friends, and his wife yesterday in an along-the-interstate Starbucks about 80 miles from home. We were both on our way out of town and for different reasons. Barbara and I were on our way to celebrate a granddaughter’s birthday-a very important thing! Greg and his wife were … Continue reading “Let’s Have a Revival!”

“A world-famous preacher!” Such was the definitive description of Bishop Lesslie Newbigin (1909–1998).1 Yet few of his sermons have appeared in print. For many, his fame derives rather from his more academic published writings. He is known worldwide as a significant missionary theologian. Books like The Open Secret, The Gospel in a Pluralist Society, and … Continue reading “Lesslie Newbigin: Missionary, Theologian”

From the Editor: Get Out the Vote Articles: Why We Preach The Danger of Success Illustrations: Purpose, God’s Will Citizenship Death Link of the Week Preacher’s Bookshelf Humor And Finally…  “A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.” (Adlai Stevenson)   Sign up now for a 1-year subscription to Preaching … Continue reading “PreachingNOW Vol. 7, No. 38”

Now an emeritus professor of preaching at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Sidney Greidanus is one of the most important and influential authors today in the area of biblical preaching. His book The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text was Preaching’s 1989 Book of the Year, and in recent years he has turned his … Continue reading “Preaching from the Old Testament: An Interview with Sidney Greidanus”

My friend Bryan Chapell, in his fine book Christ-Centered Preaching,1 has argued that [all?] preaching is really about getting Jesus across to an audience as a worldview. If Christ is not preached, Chapell writes, it may be seriously questioned whether what we have heard is a Christian sermon or lesson. Chapell’s thesis agrees with a … Continue reading “Must Every Christian Lesson or Sermon Focus on Christ?”

Robert Jacks’ Just Say the Word: Writing for the Ear helped generations of seminarians (including this one) become better communicators, using disciplines of writing in ways that complimented the oral/aural dynamics of preaching.1 In addition to making a case for a discipline of manuscript preaching, what I suggest below are basic strategies to improve our … Continue reading “Writing a Manuscript for the Ear”

BiblesThis has truly been the year of the study Bible with the release of a number of significant new study Bibles, the updating of several standard ones and the reprinting of some key historical Bibles.The two most significant new study Bibles released this year are the ESV Study Bible (Crossway) and the NLT Study Bible … Continue reading “The 2008 Preaching Survey of Bibles and Bible References”

As regular readers of Preaching will recall, this summer my family moved from Franklin, Tenn., to Anderson, S.C., where I assumed new duties as founding dean of a new graduate school of ministry. Part of that move involved packing and moving what turned out to be about 15,000 pounds of books. (About 5,000 pounds of … Continue reading “Preach the Word-but which one?”

Adam Hamilton is pastor of Church of the Resurrection, a United Methodist Church in Leawood, Kan., which is a suburb of Kansas City. Adam’s church is one of the fastest-growing churches in the country, particularly among mainline churches. He has been identified by Religion and Ethics News Weekly as “One of the Top 10 People … Continue reading “Preaching and Politics: An Interview with Adam Hamilton”